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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 54 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 54

Stating that it is the policy of the United States to oppose the sale, 
  shipment, performance of maintenance, refurbishment, modification, 
 repair, and upgrade of any military equipment from or by the Russian 
             Federation to or for the Syrian Arab Republic.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2012

    Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
 concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
Stating that it is the policy of the United States to oppose the sale, 
  shipment, performance of maintenance, refurbishment, modification, 
 repair, and upgrade of any military equipment from or by the Russian 
             Federation to or for the Syrian Arab Republic.

Whereas the General Director of Rosoboronexport, the largest Russian arms 
        exporter, recently announced that his company was transferring anti-
        aircraft and anti-ship missile systems to Syria;
Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation has announced the deployment of 
        11 warships, including amphibious ships designed to carry naval 
        infantry, to the eastern Mediterranean, and it is expected that some of 
        those ships will dock at the Syrian port of Tartus;
Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently stated, ``What can every 
        nation and group represented here do? . . . I ask you to reach out to 
        Russia and China, and to not only urge but demand that they get off the 
        sidelines and begin to support the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian 
        people.'';
Whereas Secretary of State Clinton further stated on July 17, 2012, ``[O]ur 
        commitment is to try to get Russia to cooperate. So we want the rest of 
        the world to put pressure on Russia . . . as long as he [Bashar al-
        Assad] has Russia uncertain about whether or not to side against him in 
        any more dramatic way that it already has, he [Assad] feels like he can 
        keep going.'';
Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation recently refurbished at least 
        three Syrian Mi-25 helicopters; and
Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation has taken a tentative positive 
        step of expounding a new policy that it will not enter into new arms 
        agreements with the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to oppose the sale, shipment, performance of 
        maintenance, refurbishment, modification, repair, or upgrade of 
        any military equipment, including parts that can be used in 
        military equipment, from or by the Government of the Russian 
        Federation to or for the Government of the Syrian Arab 
        Republic; and
            (2) to oppose any effort by the Government of the Russian 
        Federation to increase, maintain, or sustain the military 
        readiness and or military capabilities of the Government of the 
        Syrian Arab Republic.
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